morphism

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Etymology

Generalised from isomorphism, etc.

Noun

morphism (plural morphisms)

1. (mathematics, category theory) (formally) An arrow in a category; (less formally) an abstraction that generalises a map from one mathematical object to another and is structure-preserving in a way that depends on the branch of mathematics from which it arises.
2. (biology) Being or having distinct variants of a plant or animal species in the same locale; polymorphism.

Synonyms

• (category theory) arrow, map

Translations

• French: morphisme
• German: Morphismus
• Italian: morfismo
• Portuguese: morfismo
• Russian: морфизм
• Spanish: morfismo

Translations

• Portuguese: morfismo

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